the Bridge - Catherine and Eddie causing tension. The play ‘A view from the bridge’ is by Arthur Miller. It is set in 1930s America‚ in an Italian American neighborhood near the Brooklyn Bridge in New York. Miller creates dramatic tension via the use of the characters Eddie and Catherine and their relationship together. Eddie and Beatrice are Catherine’s Aunt and Uncle. Catherine is Beatrice’s sister’s daughter. Her parents have died so she now lives with them. Eddie and Catherine have a very
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stenographer)‚ and thus distancing himself from Eddie (the play’s protaganist‚ who would eventually meet his demise at the hands of his own fatal flaws). The various conflicts‚ stage directions and layers of meaning in language are concepts that shall be explored in this essay. The character’s in ’A View from the Bridge’ are complex and deep enough to be explored as dramatic devices themselves. Firstly‚ we have Eddie Carbone‚ our protaganist of the play. Eddie is a middle-aged‚ hardworking second-generation
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From the Bridge‚ by Arthur Miller‚ portrays Eddie as the modern tragic hero. Eddie is a longshoreman who lives with his wife Beatrice and his seventeen-year old niece Catherine. Catherine the niece of Eddie and Beatrice is a beautiful and smart young lady. Who seeks approval from her uncle and struggles when Eddie does not approve of Rodolpho‚ the man she intends to marry. Throughout the play‚ Catherine endures a great deal of emotional changes. Eddie walks by the men in the street. As he enters
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characters involved are Eddie‚ his niece‚ Catherine‚ and his wife Beatrice. The main action has Eddie having a conversation with Catherine and informing Beatrice‚ about the arrival of her cousins from Italy. In total‚ Eddie makes 20 speeches in total while Catherine makes 19 and Beatrice makes 3. Beatrice only appears at the end of the extract. She enters the room from the kitchen where she was most likely to be doing chores‚ as she was seen wiping her hands with a towel. The focus on Eddie is evidence that
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whole. The main relationship explored within this paly‚ is that of Eddie and Catherine. They are the focal point of the play. It becomes clear that Eddie harbours feelings for his niece very quickly. He has to suppress these emotions because he feels guilty for having such feelings‚ even thought he has no reason to feel guilty as he is not a blood relative. It is first noticed when Catherine decides to leave school and take a job. Eddie is frightened by the prospect of loosing her. He feels this job
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due to the course of the events 1. Eddie – From a position of power to a position where he is unable to control what others around him does‚ he is no longer in control. Man with traditional beliefs‚ Beginning * “My brother. Rodolfo (Rodolfo nods. Marco comes with a certain formal stiffness to Eddie) I want to tell you now‚ Eddie – when you say go‚ we will go” – They have respect to Eddie and the “formal stiffness” that Marco has shows his respect‚ Eddie is in a position of power. Story progresses
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very important in this play‚ specially for Eddie and Marco‚ who are the “alpha males” of the house more or less‚ because Eddie is from the beginning the boss at his house‚ but when he threatens Rodolpho‚ Marco tries to show Eddie that he is also a strong man and that he cannot do that to HIS brother. It means far more to them than the law. To be honorauble is to be respected‚ and this is show in the chair scene‚ where Marco is showin his strength to Eddie to protect his brother. If you do something
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were allowed to speak more - thus becoming more human and more sympathetic. While we may not identify with the Eddie Carbone of the final version‚ we are better able to understand what motivates him and therefore to sympathize with his basic dilemma: how to "let go" of the niece he has raised and loved as a daughter. As Miller writes in his introduction to the published revision‚ "Eddie Carbone is still not a man to weep over...But it is more possible now to relate his actions to our own and thus
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English Literature GCSE A View From The Bridge Characters: Eddie Alfieri Catherine Beatrice Rodolfo Marco Themes Law and Justice Betrayal and Family Loyalty / Codes of Honour Womanhood Masculinity Eddie Carbone Beginning Meeting with Alfieri End of act 1 - teaches Rodolfo to fight‚ tension with Marco Kisses When he calls the Immigration Office End - death * ’It’s too short‚ ain’t it...you’re walkin’ wavy’ - First appears to be very protective of Catherine. Doesn’t
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community full of dockworkers‚ we have a picture of Eddie‚ Beatrice and Catherine’s lives when Rodolfo and Marco illegally emigrate to the US from Italy. When Catherine (Eddie’s niece) falls in love with Rodolfo‚ Eddie loses his cool‚ and reports Marco and Rodolfo to immigration. The drama ends with the death of Eddie‚ as he tried to kill Marco; Marco turned the knife‚ and stabbed Eddie. There are three leading male characters in the play; Eddie‚ Rodolfo and Marco‚ and each of them play different
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